Hargobind Thermal plant engineers protest

Our Correspondent

Bathinda, November 15

Engineers of Guru Hargobind Thermal Power Plant, Lehra Mohabbat, yesterday staged a protest against the state government for not fulfilling their demands. They were seeking enhancement in their wages. They resorted to sloganeering against the government.

They also demanded promotion. The protest was led by JE Pushwinder Singh, Harinder Singh Chopra and Angrej Singh. They announced that they would intensify the protest if their demands were not met.

Pushwinder Singh said, “The state government is not giving us the salary on a par with engineers employed by it in other departments. It is becoming difficult for us to work under these unpleasant circumstances and also because of staff shortage.” Chopra said, “The state government must address their long-pending demands at the earliest.”

Engineer Hakam Singh said, “We staged this protest on a call given by the state committee of the thermal power plant. The government should fulfil demands of the Thermal employees so that we could continue our work without any hesitation.”